Orthodox Jews burn leavened items in a final preparation before the Passover holiday in the Jewish settlement of Efrat, on April 10, 2017. Religious Jews throughout the world refrain from eating leavened food products and eat the special Matza bread which is without leaven during the eight-day Pesach holiday (Passover), which begins tonight at sunset and commemorates the Israelis’ exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago and commemorate their ancestors’ plight.